Case Law

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

10 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Colombia - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

6 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - HIV and AIDS - Jurisdiction - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

16 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Minorities - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

12 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Falun Gong - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

28 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Livelihoods - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition to Review an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

6 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Eritreans - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

Petition to Review an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

20 August 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Derivative status - Effective protection - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Kenya - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (No. A99-023-706).

2 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Credibility assessment - Oromo - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political groups | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

14 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America